Annotation:Rochester Schottische (1)

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ROCHESTER SCHOTTISCHE [1]. AKA and see "Patrick County Blues," "Walking in the Parlor (2)." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; North Carolina, Virginia. D Major. ADae or Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB (most versions). Irregular parts (each has 10 measures rather than the usual eight), and it is played as a breakdown. Tommy Jarrell's "Rochester Schottische" is not a schottische at all, much less the "Rochester Schottishe" found in older collections in North America (which even some Southern fiddlers have occasionally picked up from these sources). Barry Poss (1976) suggests that "Rochester Schottische" was played at one time in the Round Peak (N.C.) area, but that the title became detached from the melody, and, as a "floater," became attached to this tune. Similarly, the alternate title, "Walking in the Parlor (2)," can be found in the South in numerous versions, though all seem dissimilar to this tune of Tommy Jarrell's. “Mama's Little Baby” uses similar melodic material.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Becky Miller [Phillips]; Kerry Blech (Seattle) [Silberberg].

Printed sources : - Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; p. 232. Johnson (Kitchen Musician No. 2: Old Timey Fiddle Tunes), 1982 (revised 1988 & 2003); p. 10. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 200. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 131. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 169. Spadaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; p. 16.

Recorded sources: - County 756, Tommy Jarrell - "Sail Away Ladies" (1976).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]